God gives us His salvation,
so that we might share in His divine nature (2 Peter 1:4). Before we came to Christ, our spirit was dead in our
sins, but Jesus delivered us (Ephesians 2:5).
He provides pardon for our sins, comfort in our affliction, strength to
overcome adversity, the promise of a glorious resurrection and life everlasting
with Christ and all of the Saints. Jesus spoke the words of God so that we can
obey them and believe that God sent Him (John 17:8). When we love Christ and keep His words, He comes to
make His home in us (John 14:23).
In our union with Jesus we
possess and function through His divine nature (2 Peter 1:4). Through His divine power God gave us everything we
need to live a godly life (2 Peter 1:3).
Since Christ dwells in our spirit, we become one Spirit with Him (1
Corinthians 6:17). Although we live
physically in this earthly realm, the reality of our life is that we live in
the Kingdom of God within us (Luke 17:21).
We no longer view our life from a temporal standpoint, but from an eternal
perspective. We live as partakers of Christ’s holiness as He puts His mind
within us (Hebrews 12:10; 1 Corinthians 2:16).
The Father is in Jesus,
Jesus is in the Father and we are in Jesus; therefore we are also in union with
the Father (John 14:20-23, 17:21-23). He loves us and shows Himself to us (John 14:21). Christ, who dwells in us, is the exact image of the
invisible God and contains all the attributes and character of God (Colossians
1:15; 2 Corinthians 4:4). God desires to
bring forth His attributes and character within us too. His Holy Spirit
sanctifies us throughout our lifetime until we are perfected according to the
fullest measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ (Ephesians
4:13).
We are adopted sons of God (Ephesians
1:5), joint heirs with Jesus (Romans
8:17) and one with our triune God (John
17:22). We are freed from the chains of
bondage to this earth into the glorious liberty of the children of God (John 1:12;
Romans 8:19-21). As we contemplate the
Lord’s glory, which comes from the Spirit of the Lord, we are transformed with
ever increasing glory into His likeness (2 Corinthians 3:18; Romans 12:2). In Him we live and move and have our existence (Acts
17:28). He dwells in us and walks
through us (2 Corinthians 6:16).
Then, Christ is glorified in us (John 17:10).
Since we abide in Him, we
now walk just as He walked (1 John 2:1-6).
In our flesh, we are still able to fall into temptation; but in Christ all the
fullness of the triune God dwells in us. Nothing this world has to offer has
any appeal to us any more (Titus 2:11-14).
If we take the time to walk in the Spirit, we can enjoy the same spirit-led
existence as the Biblical prophets, characters and writers (Luke 6:40). We have fellowship with the triune God all the
time, just as Adam and Eve enjoyed in the Garden of Eden (Genesis
3:8).
Prayer:
Father God, our attitudes
about life and eternity change once we come to Christ in salvation. You created
our new self to exist with the purity and holiness of Christ (Ephesians
4:23-24). Each day we come a little
closer to complete unity in the faith and in our knowledge of Jesus, which will also bring
us to the full stature of the maturity of Christ (Ephesians 4:13). Because of Your promises,
we look forward to Your new heaven and new earth where righteousness dwells
forever (2 Peter 3:13).
Thought
for the Day:
Just as Jesus was fully
human with God’s divine nature fully abiding in and through Him, we are fully
human with Christ’s divine nature fully abiding in and through us.Thank you, Beverly Crabtree Melvin, for the use of your photo.
